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Castleton Mountain

Castleton Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Castleton Mountain rises to 326 m in Virginia. Catlett Mountain stands 904 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bessie Bell Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49018601, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
326 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.60901, -78.09139

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Rappahannock County Park: 7.8 mi
  • Sperryville Historic District: 8.0 mi
  • Mountain Run Lake Park: 9.0 mi
  • Spilman Park: 9.0 mi
  • Yowell Meadow Park: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 20
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 13
Springs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 13.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.9 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 18.9 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 19.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Haunted Hollow: 17.9 mi
  • Luray Train Depot: 20.3 mi
  • Darkwood Manor: 20.4 mi
  • Flying Circus Aerodrome: 20.8 mi
  • Skyline Caverns: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 4

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Castleton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Catlett MountainW 270°904 m11.5 mi
The PeakNNW 338°889 m11.3 mi
Hazel MountainW 275°881 m10.5 mi
Hot MountainW 265°770 m11.2 mi
Oventop MountainWNW 294°752 m10.9 mi
Short MountainW 267°715 m11.8 mi
Fork MountainWNW 303°622 m11.9 mi
Jenkins MountainNW 321°585 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:24
June solstice05:4920:0120:41
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2716:1316:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643546271757366554537

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston 4 SE, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1464531 — Castleton Mountain, Rappahannock County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356560682

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